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Astacidea

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iAstacidea
A crayfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Superfamilies

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Astacidea is a group of decapod crustaceans including lobsters, crayfish and their close relatives. It comprises four superfamilies, two of crayfish (Astacoidea and Parastacoidea), one of true lobsters (Nephropoidea), and one of reef lobsters (the genus Enoplometopus).

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